LANGSTON, Okla. - The Oklahoma City volleyball team collected its third consecutive sweep and fifth straight win as head coach Kristen Coventon secured win number 100 since arriving at OCU six years ago.

Oklahoma City 3, Langston 0

Set 1: 31-29
Set 2: 25-10
Set 3: 25-18

STAR OF THE SHOW: Rylee Steward sets a season-high 13 kills to help lead the way to a Stars sweep over Langston.

THE RUNDOWN

Set 1
Oklahoma City jumped out with four straight points behind a kill each from Ruby Kelley and Rylee Steward before Grace Smallwood delivered back-to-back aces to finish the scoring. Langston went on to string together a 6-0 run to take an 8-7 lead and was one of many one point leads the Lions held. Each time Oklahoma City was about to pull away there was Langston crawling back and regained its lead at 20-19. As Langston led 22-21, Oklahoma City ripped off three in a row as Steward gave the Stars the lead and Layla Olvera placed the Stars at set point with an ace. Here came the Lions once again as they did all set holding set point three different times until OCU closed it out with three straight points on three straight kills coming from Jaiden Downey and Grace Smallwood who notched the final two which ended things at 31-29.

Set 2
The second set turned out to be much different than the first as Oklahoma City put together an early 6-1 run which included kills from five different Stars to take an 11-5 lead. OCU was far from done as the Stars rattled off another huge run scoring 10 straight points and finished off a 13-2 run as Steward earned a pair of kills while Kelley and Smallwood pitched in as well. Langston was able to score one more time but the deficit was to much to overcome as Oklahoma City earned its way to a 25-10 victory in set two.

Set 3
The third set began with the lead trading sides where before OCU caught its biggest lead up this point at 13-8. Langston came right back to cut the deficit to one after scoring four in a row and eventually tied things up at 16 apiece. The tables began to turn for Oklahoma City as the Stars closed out the set on a 9-2 run as Steward, Kelley and Erin Mack provided kills to help lead the Stars to a 25-18 decision.

Games Notes

• With the win, Kristen Coventon earned her 100th victory at OCU since arriving in 2019. Coventon's record now sits at 100-53 at Oklahoma City and 186-137 all-time. 
• As a team, Oklahoma City held a 47-24 kill advantage over Langston while having seven aces compared to the Lions two. 
• Grace Smallwood set a season-high with four aces while having the second most kills for the Stars with nine. 
• Natalie Adams held a game-high 22 assists making it the seventh straight game with double-digit assists and the sixth time in 13 games she has gone for 20 or more.
• Jaiden Downey went for double-digit assists once again for the eighth consecutive match with 15 total assists.
• Ruby Kelley tied a game-high with four blocks which is the fourth time she has done so this year. Kelley finished with eight kills and five digs.
• Oklahoma City moved its winning streak to five games while advancing to 6-1 in conference play. 
• Saturday's contest was the 10th all-time meeting between the two schools since 2013 as OCU remains undefeated against Langston with 10-0 record over the Lions. 

Up Next
Oklahoma City will return home for two next weekend starting with Mid-America Christian on Friday evening at 6:00 PM inside Abe Lemons Arena.

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